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Sometimes there are trends in fashion, such that a number of different designers will draw inspiration from the same source and produce garments with an uncanny similarity.
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Fans were quick to notice that Cromie, as well as supplying the coat, also had a cardigan on their website which looks exactly like the screen-worn costume. It made a certain sense that that had been bought from the same supplier.
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It throws aside the Doc Marten’s (as has many fans); it casts some doubt over the exact source of the coat - saying that Crombie can be regarded as a style as well as a maker; and it quiet drops in that Jhn Smedley made the cardigan.
Sorry?
What was that?
Well, digging a little deeper it would appear this is true, as the official John Smedley blog caries a story about the cardigan.
John Smedley blog - I Spy SmedleyIt is their Cavendish cardigan in the colourway Midnight from the Autumn/Winter 2013 range, which was briefly available at 40% off.
This offer seems to have expired now, and the cardigan has ben carried forward into their Spring/Summer 2014 range, so at least it is still available.
At time of writing XS, M and L were out of stock.
John Smedley - Cavendish In Midnight
As an aside, the jumpers worn by Christopher Ecceslton were by John Smedley too!
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